Lancaster nostalgia

This image from 1926 shows a community at work and how events like the Caton Gala were so successful.
Caton Gala committee 1926, by Terry Ainsworth.Caton Gala committee 1926, by Terry Ainsworth.
Caton Gala committee 1926, by Terry Ainsworth.

Thirty-eight people from Caton were willing to give time and effort into making their annual event a success.

Most of them would have had wives who also contributed to the day.

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Can anyone recognise a grandfather, Terry’s is second from the right on the back row, Jack Stackhouse.

Front Row from left: - T Burrow, W Fairclough, R Taylor, J Haythornthwaite, W Till, Sir William Priestly, Fred Brodrick (headmaster of Caton School), J Postlethwaite (licensee Station Hotel), R Mashiter, Bob Sayce (licensee Ship Hotel), E Burrow

Middle Row from left: - T Parkinson, J Mason, E Meadowcroft, J Garnet, W Shaw, J Mashiter, F Parker, J Williams, C Thornton, R Dunderdale, J Garnet, G Brewer, W Atkinson (licensee Black Bull)

Back Row from left: - H Relton, I Johnson, J Thexton, R Gorst, J Rawsthorne, T Walker,

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W Irving, W Murray, H Muncaster, W Haythornthwaite, W Hall, Bert Kirby, Jack Stackhouse, Pat Burrow

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